I have built a rocking blog @cryptoctopus through the magic of blog commenting. It's really nuts, in a way, because publishing my opinion for free on high profile blogs has been the backbone of my blogger outreach campaign.
Of course this will work beautifully on Steemit too. I just recently hopped on the network. I have done limited networking until now but promise to pop in and share a few in-depth comments on engaged accounts at least once every 1-2 days, to keep the engagement train going and to build more friendships here.
Ryan